Control Resonant Drops Parry Mechanic Ahead of September 24 Launch

Q: With the sequel shifting to a warped Manhattan centered on Dylan Faden, what dark fate has befallen Jesse and the Oldest House?

Jesse appears to be missing, and the Oldest House has failed to contain the disaster. The material released so far points to a bleak turn between the original *Control* and *Control Resonant*: a new resonance, alongside the Hiss and the Mold, has spread beyond the Oldest House and is now warping Manhattan. Remedy’s official story description says Dylan is searching for “his sister Jesse Faden, missing,” while trying to contain dangers that have “spilled beyond the confines of the Oldest House to tear our world apart.” That suggests Jesse has either vanished inside the crisis or become trapped somewhere tied to it, rather than simply stepping aside as protagonist. The Oldest House, meanwhile, has not been destroyed outright in the information available, but it has clearly been breached or overwhelmed badly enough that the paranatural outbreak is no longer confined there. Remedy has also said players will revisit previously unseen sections of the Oldest House, and trailers tease a message from Jesse to Dylan, plus the possibility of the Faden siblings reuniting. So the game frames Jesse not as absent from the story, but as a central mystery whose fate is tied to the collapse of containment at the Bureau’s shifting headquarters.

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Mikael Kasurinen confirmed Control Resonant has no parry system, making the upcoming Remedy action-RPG an outlier in a genre where deflection mechanics are now common.
Remedy said prototype parries slowed combat because players waited for enemy moves, clashing with the studio’s goal of aggressive, fast-paced play where “offense is the best defense.”
The game instead centers combat on the Aberrant weapon, which can switch between dual blades for quick attacks and a massive hammer for breaking defenses.
Control Resonant launches September 24, while PlayStation 5 buyers of the $70 digital deluxe edition get 48 hours of early access.